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Another arbirtrary arrest of a Kurdish man in Syria
Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria –DAD reports that a patrol of the State Security Branch in Qamishli arrested Emad Askan Ahmed at about 11pm on Friday 27 August... Read more
Efraz Mohammed Amin Yousef in court in Syria
The Military Criminal Court in Aleppo heard the case of Efraz Mohammed Amin Yousef on 25 August 2010, in case no. 598 of 2010. He was imprisoned for three years, on charges of weakening national sentiment,... Read more
Mohammed Saadoun in Court in Syria
Military judge in Qamishli questioned Mohammed Saadoun, member of the Political Committee of the Kurdish Azadi Party in Syria The individual military judge in Qamishli heard the case of Mohammed Saadoun... Read more
A Syrian Kurdish man has been held incommunicado since 19 August 2010
UA: 188/10 Index: MDE 24/023/2010 Syria Date: 26 August 2010 A Syrian Kurdish man has been held incommunicado since 19 August, after he was forcibly returned to Syria from Norway. He is in... Read more
US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds
See the video of this interview on our homepage. Twenty-five-year-old American journalist Jake Hess was arrested in Turkey nearly two weeks ago and deported back to the United States over the weekend.... Read more
A new victim of the mysterious killings in the Syrian army
According to Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD and the Media Institute of Western Kurdistan Society, the family of a military conscript, Shiar Osman Osman,... Read more
The former candidate for the parliamentary Syrian people’s assembly, Arif Shekho, is still unaccounted for
The former candidate for the parliamentary Syrian people’s assembly, Arif Shekho, a Kurd from Afrin, was arrested by a security patrol about two months ago when he was summoned for questioning. He has... Read more
Press statement: Abdulkarim Hossain arrested upon arrival
Press statement from SOS Racism in Norway and The Association of Syrian Kurds in Norway: In spite of protests and warnings, Norwegian authorities chose to forcibly send Abulkarim Hossain back to Syria.... Read more
Arrest of 17 year old Kurdish teenager in al-Raqqa, Syria
Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD and Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD report that the house of Ahmed Ali ‘Beghdek’, a Kurdish residents... Read more
URGENT APPEAL to the Norwegian Government to stop the deportation of Kurdish activist Abdulkarim Hossain to Syria
According to Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD, the Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF and other organisations report that the Norwegian authorities... Read more
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Damascus: Interior Ministry seeks 287 residents of al-Hasakah province living abroad for ‘crimes against the state’
KURDWATCH, August 16, 2010—As previously reported, at the beginning of May lists with the names of people living abroad were forwarded to the civil register offices in al-Hasakah province with the... Read more
The Right of Nations to Determine Their Own Future and the Kurds
The Kurdish or Kurdistan question is the most important issue that Turkey faces today. What shapes Turkey’s foreign, domestic and economic policies is the Kurdish question. President Abdullah Gul in... Read more
Syria: ‘Your son is not here’: Disappearances from Syria’s Saydnaya Military Prison: Campaign digest
At least 52 prisoners have been reported missing since 5 July 2008, when disturbances in Saydnaya Military Prison led to the deaths of at least 17 prisoners and five military police. The families of... Read more
Decree 49 came into Syrian Law on 27 October 2008. It is an element of the plan proposed by Mohammed Talib Hilal to ethnically cleanse the land of the Kurdish nation, and almost two years later, the successful... Read more
A law suit meant to silence Kurdish-expert Besikçi
“The Glory of Science in Turkey” is being sent back to prison The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has labeled the planned law suit against internationally renowned Turkish sociologist and... Read more
Syria: Al-Asad’s Decade in Power Marked by Repression
Rights Suppressed, Activists Detained, Media Censored, Kurds Sidelined (New York) – President Bashar al-Asad has not delivered on his promises to increase public freedoms and improve his government’s... Read more
Iran/Iraq: Iranian Attacks Should Not Target Iraqi Civilians
Villagers Allege Artillery Shelling, Attacks on Livestock Intended to Clear Border Are (New York) – Iran needs to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians at risk of serious harm from ... Read more
Update on Kurdish Azadi Party members detained in Syria
A source close to the family of Kurdish detainee Mustafa Juma confirms that he is still subjected to harassment and they had to wait a long time to before they could see him. When his sons were eventually... Read more
The Punitive-Justice System that Kurdish Children are Subjected to in the 21st Century Turkey
Full report in pdf here:Punitive Justice system – Kurdish children in Turkey SUMMARY In order to understand the case of the children, who have been included in the police records for many years,... Read more
Kurdish Human Rights Project – Impact Report
Kurdish Human Rights Project – Impact Report available at KHRP Impact Report SYRIA [extract] Estimated Kurdish population: • 1.7 million • CAT – ratified, 2004 • ICERD – ratified, 1969 •... Read more
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Turkish Embassy rejects Archbishop Tutu’s letter calling for a negotiated settlment of the Kurdish question
Cape Town and the Chair of ‘The Elders’ (a group of former world leaders which aims to tackle some of the world’s most intractable problems) called on the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the political head of Turkey, to use his office and his influence to bring a lasting end to the conflict in Turkey with regards to... [Read more of this review]
Where is my brother Tahseen Mammo?
Aiysha Mammo has asked International Support Kurds in Syria Association – SKS for assistance to discover the circumstances and whereabouts of her brother Tahseen Mammo who has disappeared in the Syrian prison system. Aiysha who lives in Germany said, ‘I would do anything to find my brother. I think about him every day, I miss him so much’. Tahseen’s... [Read more of this review]
URGENT ACTION: Syrian Kurd tortured in custody (updated 18 Aug 2010)
‘Abdelbaqi Khalaf is being tortured or otherwise ill-treated, according to reliable sources. Every few weeks, they say, he is taken from Damascus Central prison in ‘Adra, northern Damascus, to a branch of State Security, where officers are trying to force him to “confess” to something which he maintains is not true. An unknown number of... [Read more of this review]
Kurdish farmers in Deyrik pressured to pledge not to reclaim their land from the Syrian State
Some Kurdish farmers have been forced to sign blank papers which will be used to stop them reclaiming their land when the license granted to them expires. On 17 July 2010, Political Security branch in Deyrik forced some of the peasants from the village of Pastasous to sign papers accepting that when they have finished their licenses they no longer have... [Read more of this review]
Iran: Release and Provide Urgent Medical Care to Jailed Activist
Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand May Have Suffered Stroke; Family Claim He is Not Receiving Adequate Health Care – Human Rights Watch report Kaboudvand needs an immediate and thorough assessment of his worsening condition. Denying a prisoner necessary medical care is both cruel and unlawful. Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch (New... [Read more of this review]
Act now to stop unfair prosecutions of children under Turkey’s anti-terror laws
Amnesty International has warned that draft legislative amendments scheduled to be discussed by the Parliament tomorrow, 20 July, would not, on their own, prevent violations of the rights of children. “To end unfair prosecutions under anti-terrorism laws, the authorities must amend the definition of the crimes themselves, not only the ones under which... [Read more of this review]
Syrian security branches are detaining Kurdish students during the exam season
University examinations are finishing and the Syrian authorities have detained many Kurdish students, and are withholding information about their whereabouts and reasons for detention. Abdullah Mohammed Mesko, born in 1987 in Kobani, is a student in his last year of study in the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the Beirut Arab University. Mesko... [Read more of this review]
Call to UNHCR to relocate Faysal Chekry Ibrahim and his family to a place of safety
Faysal Chekry Ibrahim, born 10 February 1966 is Kurdish from the city of Qamishli in north-eastern Syria. He is ajanib, one of the stateless Syrian Kurds whose families were stripped of their citizenship under the special census conducted in the province of Hassaka in 1962. He is a member of the Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria, which is banned in the... [Read more of this review]
The Kurds of Syria always getting a raw deal
On March 21, 2010, the Syrian security forces opened fire with live ammunition on a crowd of 5,000 in the northern Syrian town of al-Raqqah. The crowd had gathered to celebrate the Kurdish festival of Nowruz. Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed. Over 50 were injured. Dozens of injured civilians were held incommunicado by... [Read more of this review]
Anatolian news agency publishes disinformation for international press, relating to detention of Kurds in Syria
We have reported the arrest and detention of many Kurds in Syria since the shootings at the Newroz celebrations in al-Raqqa, Syria on 20 March 2010. Approximately 100 people have been detained recently and this brings the total number of supporters of the political organisation PYD who have been detained to over 400. News of the number of arrests reaching... [Read more of this review]
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